BMIC Asyut Cement Plant

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BMIC Asyut Cement Plant (شركه صناعات مواد البناء), also known as BMIC Cement Plant), is an integrated cement plant operating in Assiut Desert, Assiut Governorate, Egypt.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the cement plant in Assiut Desert, Assiut Governorate, Egypt:

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Coordinates (WGS 84): 26.969635, 31.154791 (exact)

Background

The BMIC Cement Plant in Asyut governorate opened in 2013 after several years of construction led by an Egyptian-Kuwaiti investment fund. The plant currently has the capacity to produce just under 2 million tonnes per year of cement.

Cement Plant Details

Table 1: General Plant Details

Plant type	Plant status	Start date
integrated	Operating	2012

Table 2: Ownership Details

Additional information including parent company references and full ownership trees available at the Global Energy Ownership Tracker.

Parent company	Parent company GEM ID	Owner name	Owner company GEM ID
South Valley Cement Company SAE [47.6%]; Egypt Kuwait Holding Company SAE [38.0%]; unknown [14.4%]	E100002005863 [47.6%]; E100002005864 [38.0%]; E100000132388 [14.4%]	Building Material Industry Co [100.0%] (شركة صناعة مواد البناء (Arabic) [100%])	E100002005858 [100.0%]

Table 3: Capacities

Cement capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Clinker capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)	Unspecified capacity (million metric tonnes per annum)
1.5	>0	–

Table 4: Cement Production

Primary cement color	Primary cement type	Production type
grey	opc	dry

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Additional data

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